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- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkwɒɹəlsəm/
- (General American) enPR: kwôrʹəlsəm, IPA(key): /ˈkwɔɹəlsəm/
- (New York City) enPR: kwŏrʹəlsəm, IPA(key): /ˈkwɑɹəlsəm/
quarrelsome (comparative more quarrelsome, superlative most quarrelsome)
- Argumentative; fond of or prone to quarreling.
- Synonyms: belligerent, contentious
She's too quarrelsome to participate in a civil conversation.
1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 254:
Rampion grown in the cottage garden made the children of the house quarrelsome; breathing deeply into a handful of mint refreshed your senses, but aconite could cause your death.
- See also Thesaurus:quarrelsome
given to quarreling
- Bulgarian: свадлив (bg) (svadliv)
- Czech: hádavý (cs) m
- Dutch: twistziek (nl), ruzieachtig (nl)
- Esperanto: kverelema
- Finnish: riitaisa (fi), räyhäkäs (fi), toraisa (fi)
- French: querelleux (fr) m, querelleur (fr) m
- Georgian: მოჩხუბარი (močxubari), ჩხუბის თავი (čxubis tavi)
- German: streitsüchtig (de), zänkisch (de), unverträglich, zanksüchtig (de), händelsüchtig, hadersüchtig, streitlustig
- Greek: κακότροπος (el) (kakótropos)
- Hungarian: veszekedős (hu)
- Irish: achrannach, clamprach, imreasach, cointinneach, trodach, anglánta, argánta, bruíonach
- Maori: pākani, tumatuma, nihoniho, pakapaka, ngaweri, toheriri, tumatuma
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: trettekjær, kranglevoren
- Nynorsk: trettekjær, kranglevoren
- Polish: swarliwy, kłótliwy (pl), awanturniczy (pl)
- Russian: сварливый (ru) (svarlivyj), склочный (ru) (skločnyj)
- Scottish Gaelic: connsachail, connspaideach, dranndanach
- Spanish: rijoso (es), pleitista, leguleyo (es) m, porfiador m
- Tagalog: palabangay
- Welsh: cwerylgar (cy), ffraegar, cecrus (cy), cynhennus (cy), ymrafaelgar, ymrysongar